2016-17 StFX X-Women Hockey News

Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2017-18 regular season sport schedules for men’s and women’s basketball, hockey and volleyball, as well as the hosts for the 2018 AUS winter championships.

Third year X-Women hockey athlete Sarah Bujold was in elite company as a nominee for the BLG Awards was U SPORTS Female and Male Athletes of the Year for the 2016-17 season. Arielle Roy-Petitclerc, a soccer player from the Laval Rouge et Or, and Philippe Maillet, a hockey player from the UNB Varsity Reds were announced as the award winners Monday night.

The StFX Athletic Department honored the athletic accomplishments of their varsity athletes Monday evening at their annual awards gala at the Charles V. Keating Centre. X-Women hockey forward Sarah Bujold was named the StFX Female Student-Athlete of the Year, while X-Men football quarterback Tivon Cook was awarded StFX Male Student-Athlete of the Year honors.

The host team and No.8 Queen’s Gaels skated away with a 2-0 shutout win over the No. 5 StFX X-Women in the first consolation semifinal at the 2017 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship at the Strathcona Paper Centre in Napanee, Ont.

The 2017 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship kicked off Thursday afternoon at the Stratchona Paper Centre, where the McGill Martlets survived an early scare to fend off the tenacious StFX X-Women, 3-1.

The UNB Varsity Reds will have home ice on their side in pursuit of their second straight University Cup while the UBC Thunderbirds look to become the ninth U SPORTS women's hockey team to lift the Golden Path Trophy in Napanee, Ont.

The Subway AUS women’s hockey championship final series is headed to a deciding Game 3 after the StFX X-Women defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies 2-1 on Sunday afternoon in front of 400 fans at the StFX Keating Centre.

The StFX X-Women defeated the St. Thomas Tommies 5-3 Tuesday evening to win their Subway AUS semifinal series 2-1, punching their ticket to the Subway AUS best-of-three final series against the Saint Mary’s Huskies.

The StFX X-Women defeated the U SPORTS No. 7 ranked St. Thomas University Tommies 6-2 in Game 1 of their best-of-three Subway AUS women’s hockey semifinal series Friday night at the Grant-Harvey Centre.

X-Women hockey forward Sarah Bujold has been honored as the AUS most valuable player for the 2016-17 season. Daley Oddy was named an AUS second team all-star and Lindsey Donovan was named to the AUS all-rookie team.

Sarah Bujold from the StFX X-Women and Matt Hall of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are the ArcelorMittal Dofasco U SPORTS female and male athletes of the week for the period ending February 19, 2017.

The StFX-Women topped the U SPORTS no. 3 ranked Saint Mary’s Huskies 5-4 Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena. The game featured the top five scorers in the AUS, and they did not disappoint as each posted multi-point games.